Make IRC bridge configuration entirely managed by the playbook

roles/matrix-bridge-appservice-irc/defaults/main.yml

@@ -7,11 +7,323 @@ matrix_appservice_irc_docker_image: "tedomum/matrix-appservice-irc:latest"
 matrix_appservice_irc_docker_image_force_pull: "{{ matrix_appservice_irc_docker_image.endswith(':latest') }}"
 
 matrix_appservice_irc_base_path: "{{ matrix_base_data_path }}/appservice-irc"
+matrix_appservice_irc_config_path: "{{ matrix_appservice_irc_base_path }}/config"
+matrix_appservice_irc_data_path: "{{ matrix_appservice_irc_base_path }}/data"
 
 matrix_appservice_irc_homeserver_url: 'http://matrix-synapse:8008'
 matrix_appservice_irc_homeserver_media_url: 'https://{{ matrix_server_fqn_matrix }}'
 matrix_appservice_irc_homeserver_domain: '{{ matrix_domain }}'
 matrix_appservice_irc_homeserver_enablePresence: true
+matrix_appservice_irc_appservice_address: 'http://matrix-appservice-irc:9999'
+
+matrix_appservice_irc_ircService_servers: []
+
+# Example of `matrix_appservice_irc_ircService_servers` with one server (and all its options):
+#
+# matrix_appservice_irc_ircService_servers:
+#   # The address of the server to connect to.
+#   irc.example.com:
+#     # A human-readable short name. This is used to label IRC status rooms
+#     # where matrix users control their connections.
+#     # E.g. 'ExampleNet IRC Bridge status'.
+#     # It is also used in the Third Party Lookup API as the instance `desc`
+#     # property, where each server is an instance.
+#     name: "ExampleNet"
+
+#     additionalAddresses: [ "irc2.example.com" ]
+#     #
+#     # [DEPRECATED] Use `name`, above, instead.
+#     # A human-readable description string
+#     # description: "Example.com IRC network"
+
+#     # An ID for uniquely identifying this server amongst other servers being bridged.
+#     # networkId: "example"
+
+#     # URL to an icon used as the network icon whenever this network appear in
+#     # a network list. (Like in the riot room directory, for instance.)
+#     # icon: https://example.com/images/hash.png
+
+#     # The port to connect to. Optional.
+#     port: 6697
+#     # Whether to use SSL or not. Default: false.
+#     ssl: true
+#     # Whether or not IRC server is using a self-signed cert or not providing CA Chain
+#     sslselfsign: false
+#     # Should the connection attempt to identify via SASL (if a server or user password is given)
+#     # If false, this will use PASS instead. If SASL fails, we do not fallback to PASS.
+#     sasl: false
+#     # Whether to allow expired certs when connecting to the IRC server.
+#     # Usually this should be off. Default: false.
+#     allowExpiredCerts: false
+#     # A specific CA to trust instead of the default CAs. Optional.
+#     #ca: |
+#     #  -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
+#     #  ...
+#     #  -----END CERTIFICATE-----
+
+#     #
+#     # The connection password to send for all clients as a PASS (or SASL, if enabled above) command. Optional.
+#     # password: 'pa$$w0rd'
+#     #
+#     # Whether or not to send connection/error notices to real Matrix users. Default: true.
+#     sendConnectionMessages: true
+
+#     quitDebounce:
+#       # Whether parts due to net-splits are debounced for delayMs, to allow
+#       # time for the netsplit to resolve itself. A netsplit is detected as being
+#       # a QUIT rate higher than quitsPerSecond. Default: false.
+#       enabled: false
+#       # The maximum number of quits per second acceptable above which a netsplit is
+#       # considered ongoing. Default: 5.
+#       quitsPerSecond: 5
+#       # The time window in which to wait before bridging a QUIT to Matrix that occurred during
+#       # a netsplit. Debouncing is jittered randomly between delayMinMs and delayMaxMs so that the HS
+#       # is not sent many requests to leave rooms all at once if a netsplit occurs and many
+#       # people to not rejoin.
+#       # If the user with the same IRC nick as the one who sent the quit rejoins a channel
+#       # they are considered back online and the quit is not bridged, so long as the rejoin
+#       # occurs before the randomly-jittered timeout is not reached.
+#       # Default: 3600000, = 1h
+#       delayMinMs: 3600000 # 1h
+#       # Default: 7200000, = 2h
+#       delayMaxMs: 7200000 # 2h
+
+#     # A map for conversion of IRC user modes to Matrix power levels. This enables bridging
+#     # of IRC ops to Matrix power levels only, it does not enable the reverse. If a user has
+#     # been given multiple modes, the one that maps to the highest power level will be used.
+#     modePowerMap:
+#       o: 50
+
+#     botConfig:
+#       # Enable the presence of the bot in IRC channels. The bot serves as the entity
+#       # which maps from IRC -> Matrix. You can disable the bot entirely which
+#       # means IRC -> Matrix chat will be shared by active "M-Nick" connections
+#       # in the room. If there are no users in the room (or if there are users
+#       # but their connections are not on IRC) then nothing will be bridged to
+#       # Matrix. If you're concerned about the bot being treated as a "logger"
+#       # entity, then you may want to disable the bot. If you want IRC->Matrix
+#       # but don't want to have TCP connections to IRC unless a Matrix user speaks
+#       # (because your client connection limit is low), then you may want to keep
+#       # the bot enabled. Default: true.
+#       # NB: If the bot is disabled, you SHOULD have matrix-to-IRC syncing turned
+#       #     on, else there will be no users and no bot in a channel (meaning no
+#       #     messages to Matrix!) until a Matrix user speaks which makes a client
+#       #     join the target IRC channel.
+#       # NBB: The bridge bot IRC client will still join the target IRC network so
+#       #      it can service bridge-specific queries from the IRC-side e.g. so
+#       #      real IRC clients have a way to change their Matrix display name.
+#       #      See https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-appservice-irc/issues/55
+#       enabled: true
+#       # The nickname to give the AS bot.
+#       nick: "MatrixBot"
+#       # The password to give to NickServ or IRC Server for this nick. Optional.
+#       # password: "helloworld"
+#       #
+#       # Join channels even if there are no Matrix users on the other side of
+#       # the bridge. Set to false to prevent the bot from joining channels which have no
+#       # real matrix users in them, even if there is a mapping for the channel.
+#       # Default: true
+#       joinChannelsIfNoUsers: true
+
+#     # Configuration for PMs / private 1:1 communications between users.
+#     privateMessages:
+#       # Enable the ability for PMs to be sent to/from IRC/Matrix.
+#       # Default: true.
+#       enabled: true
+#       # Prevent Matrix users from sending PMs to the following IRC nicks.
+#       # Optional. Default: [].
+#       # exclude: ["Alice", "Bob"] # NOT YET IMPLEMENTED
+
+#       # Should created Matrix PM rooms be federated? If false, only users on the
+#       # HS attached to this AS will be able to interact with this room.
+#       # Optional. Default: true.
+#       federate: true
+
+#     # Configuration for mappings not explicitly listed in the 'mappings'
+#     # section.
+#     dynamicChannels:
+#       # Enable the ability for Matrix users to join *any* channel on this IRC
+#       # network.
+#       # Default: false.
+#       enabled: true
+#       # Should the AS create a room alias for the new Matrix room? The form of
+#       # the alias can be modified via 'aliasTemplate'. Default: true.
+#       createAlias: true
+#       # Should the AS publish the new Matrix room to the public room list so
+#       # anyone can see it? Default: true.
+#       published: true
+#       # What should the join_rule be for the new Matrix room? If 'public',
+#       # anyone can join the room. If 'invite', only users with an invite can
+#       # join the room. Note that if an IRC channel has +k or +i set on it,
+#       # join_rules will be set to 'invite' until these modes are removed.
+#       # Default: "public".
+#       joinRule: public
+#       # This will set the m.room.related_groups state event in newly created rooms
+#       # with the given groupId. This means flares will show up on IRC users in those rooms.
+#       # This should be set to the same thing as namespaces.users.group_id in irc_registration.
+#       # This does not alter existing rooms.
+#       # Leaving this option empty will not set the event.
+#       groupId: +myircnetwork:localhost
+#       # Should created Matrix rooms be federated? If false, only users on the
+#       # HS attached to this AS will be able to interact with this room.
+#       # Default: true.
+#       federate: true
+#       # The room alias template to apply when creating new aliases. This only
+#       # applies if createAlias is 'true'. The following variables are exposed:
+#       # $SERVER => The IRC server address (e.g. "irc.example.com")
+#       # $CHANNEL => The IRC channel (e.g. "#python")
+#       # This MUST have $CHANNEL somewhere in it.
+#       # Default: '#irc_$SERVER_$CHANNEL'
+#       aliasTemplate: "#irc_$CHANNEL"
+#       # A list of user IDs which the AS bot will send invites to in response
+#       # to a !join. Only applies if joinRule is 'invite'. Default: []
+#       # whitelist:
+#       #   - "@foo:example.com"
+#       #   - "@bar:example.com"
+#       #
+#       # Prevent the given list of channels from being mapped under any
+#       # circumstances.
+#       # exclude: ["#foo", "#bar"]
+
+#     # Configuration for controlling how Matrix and IRC membership lists are
+#     # synced.
+#     membershipLists:
+#       # Enable the syncing of membership lists between IRC and Matrix. This
+#       # can have a significant effect on performance on startup as the lists are
+#       # synced. This must be enabled for anything else in this section to take
+#       # effect. Default: false.
+#       enabled: false
+
+#       # Syncing membership lists at startup can result in hundreds of members to
+#       # process all at once. This timer drip feeds membership entries at the
+#       # specified rate. Default: 10000. (10s)
+#       floodDelayMs: 10000
+
+#       global:
+#         ircToMatrix:
+#           # Get a snapshot of all real IRC users on a channel (via NAMES) and
+#           # join their virtual matrix clients to the room.
+#           initial: false
+#           # Make virtual matrix clients join and leave rooms as their real IRC
+#           # counterparts join/part channels. Default: false.
+#           incremental: false
+
+#         matrixToIrc:
+#           # Get a snapshot of all real Matrix users in the room and join all of
+#           # them to the mapped IRC channel on startup. Default: false.
+#           initial: false
+#           # Make virtual IRC clients join and leave channels as their real Matrix
+#           # counterparts join/leave rooms. Make sure your 'maxClients' value is
+#           # high enough! Default: false.
+#           incremental: false
+
+#       # Apply specific rules to Matrix rooms. Only matrix-to-IRC takes effect.
+#       rooms:
+#         - room: "!fuasirouddJoxtwfge:localhost"
+#           matrixToIrc:
+#             initial: false
+#             incremental: false
+
+#       # Apply specific rules to IRC channels. Only IRC-to-matrix takes effect.
+#       channels:
+#         - channel: "#foo"
+#           ircToMatrix:
+#             initial: false
+#             incremental: false
+
+#     mappings:
+#       # 1:many mappings from IRC channels to room IDs on this IRC server.
+#       # The matrix room must already exist. Your matrix client should expose
+#       # the room ID in a "settings" page for the room.
+#       "#thepub": ["!kieouiJuedJoxtVdaG:localhost"]
+
+#     # Configuration for virtual matrix users. The following variables are
+#     # exposed:
+#     # $NICK => The IRC nick
+#     # $SERVER => The IRC server address (e.g. "irc.example.com")
+#     matrixClients:
+#       # The user ID template to use when creating virtual matrix users. This
+#       # MUST have $NICK somewhere in it.
+#       # Optional. Default: "@$SERVER_$NICK".
+#       # Example: "@irc.example.com_Alice:example.com"
+#       userTemplate: "@irc_$NICK"
+#       # The display name to use for created matrix clients. This should have
+#       # $NICK somewhere in it if it is specified. Can also use $SERVER to
+#       # insert the IRC domain.
+#       # Optional. Default: "$NICK (IRC)". Example: "Alice (IRC)"
+#       displayName: "$NICK (IRC)"
+#       # Number of tries a client can attempt to join a room before the request
+#       # is discarded. You can also use -1 to never retry or 0 to never give up.
+#       # Optional. Default: -1
+#       joinAttempts: -1
+
+#     # Configuration for virtual IRC users. The following variables are exposed:
+#     # $LOCALPART => The user ID localpart ("alice" in @alice:localhost)
+#     # $USERID => The user ID
+#     # $DISPLAY => The display name of this user, with excluded characters
+#     #             (e.g. space) removed. If the user has no display name, this
+#     #             falls back to $LOCALPART.
+#     ircClients:
+#       # The template to apply to every IRC client nick. This MUST have either
+#       # $DISPLAY or $USERID or $LOCALPART somewhere in it.
+#       # Optional. Default: "M-$DISPLAY". Example: "M-Alice".
+#       nickTemplate: "$DISPLAY[m]"
+#       # True to allow virtual IRC clients to change their nick on this server
+#       # by issuing !nick <server> <nick> commands to the IRC AS bot.
+#       # This is completely freeform: it will NOT follow the nickTemplate.
+#       allowNickChanges: true
+#       # The max number of IRC clients that will connect. If the limit is
+#       # reached, the client that spoke the longest time ago will be
+#       # disconnected and replaced.
+#       # Optional. Default: 30.
+#       maxClients: 30
+#       # IPv6 configuration.
+#       ipv6:
+#         # Optional. Set to true to force IPv6 for outgoing connections.
+#         only: false
+#         # Optional. The IPv6 prefix to use for generating unique addresses for each
+#         # connected user. If not specified, all users will connect from the same
+#         # (default) address. This may require additional OS-specific work to allow
+#         # for the node process to bind to multiple different source addresses
+#         # e.g IP_FREEBIND on Linux, which requires an LD_PRELOAD with the library
+#         # https://github.com/matrix-org/freebindfree as Node does not expose setsockopt.
+#         # prefix: "2001:0db8:85a3::"  # modify appropriately
+#       #
+#       # The maximum amount of time in seconds that the client can exist
+#       # without sending another message before being disconnected. Use 0 to
+#       # not apply an idle timeout. This value is ignored if this IRC server is
+#       # mirroring matrix membership lists to IRC. Default: 172800 (48 hours)
+#       idleTimeout: 10800
+#       # The number of millseconds to wait between consecutive reconnections if a
+#       # client gets disconnected. Setting to 0 will cause the scheduling to be
+#       # disabled, i.e. it will be scheduled immediately (with jitter.
+#       # Otherwise, the scheduling interval will be used such that one client
+#       # reconnect for this server will be handled every reconnectIntervalMs ms using
+#       # a FIFO queue.
+#       # Default: 5000 (5 seconds)
+#       reconnectIntervalMs: 5000
+#       # The number of concurrent reconnects if a user has been disconnected unexpectedly
+#       # (e.g. a netsplit). You should set this to a reasonably high number so that
+#       # bridges are not waiting an eternity to reconnect all its clients if
+#       # we see a massive number of disconnect. This is unrelated to the reconnectIntervalMs
+#       # setting above which is for connecting on restart of the bridge. Set to 0 to
+#       # immediately try to reconnect all users.
+#       # Default: 50
+#       concurrentReconnectLimit: 50
+#       # The number of lines to allow being sent by the IRC client that has received
+#       # a large block of text to send from matrix. If the number of lines that would
+#       # be sent is > lineLimit, the text will instead be uploaded to matrix and the
+#       # resulting URI is treated as a file. As such, a link will be sent to the IRC
+#       # side instead of potentially spamming IRC and getting the IRC client kicked.
+#       # Default: 3.
+#       lineLimit: 3
+#       # A list of user modes to set on every IRC client. For example, "RiG" would set
+#       # +R, +i and +G on every IRC connection when they have successfully connected.
+#       # User modes vary wildly depending on the IRC network you're connecting to,
+#       # so check before setting this value. Some modes may not work as intended
+#       # through the bridge e.g. caller ID as there is no way to /ACCEPT.
+#       # Default: "" (no user modes)
+#       # userModes: "R"
 
 # Controls whether the matrix-appservice-discord container exposes its HTTP port (tcp/9999 in the container).
 #
@@ -27,6 +339,9 @@ matrix_appservice_irc_systemd_required_services_list: ['docker.service']
 # List of systemd services that matrix-appservice-irc.service wants
 matrix_appservice_irc_systemd_wanted_services_list: []
 
+matrix_appservice_irc_appservice_token: ''
+matrix_appservice_irc_homeserver_token: ''
+
 matrix_appservice_irc_configuration_yaml: |
   #jinja2: lstrip_blocks: True
   homeserver:
@@ -61,6 +376,95 @@ matrix_appservice_irc_configuration_yaml: |
     # Default: true
     enablePresence: {{ matrix_appservice_irc_homeserver_enablePresence|to_json }}
 
+  ircService:
+    # The nedb database URI to connect to. This is the name of the directory to
+    # dump .db files to. This is relative to the project directory.
+    # Required.
+    databaseUri: "nedb:///data"
+
+    # WARNING: The bridge needs to send plaintext passwords to the IRC server, it cannot
+    # send a password hash. As a result, passwords (NOT hashes) are stored encrypted in
+    # the database.
+    #
+    # To generate a .pem file:
+    # $ openssl genpkey -out passkey.pem -outform PEM -algorithm RSA -pkeyopt rsa_keygen_bits:2048
+    #
+    # The path to the RSA PEM-formatted private key to use when encrypting IRC passwords
+    # for storage in the database. Passwords are stored by using the admin room command
+    # `!storepass server.name passw0rd. When a connection is made to IRC on behalf of
+    # the Matrix user, this password will be sent as the server password (PASS command).
+    passwordEncryptionKeyPath: "/data/passkey.pem" # does not typically need modification
+
+    # Config for Matrix -> IRC bridging
+    matrixHandler:
+      # Cache this many matrix events in memory to be used for m.relates_to messages (usually replies).
+      eventCacheSize: 4096
+
+    servers: {{ matrix_appservice_irc_ircService_servers|to_json }}
+
+    # Configuration for an ident server. If you are running a public bridge it is
+    # advised you setup an ident server so IRC mods can ban specific matrix users
+    # rather than the application service itself.
+    ident:
+      # True to listen for Ident requests and respond with the
+      # matrix user's user_id (converted to ASCII, respecting RFC 1413).
+      # Default: false.
+      enabled: false
+      # The port to listen on for incoming ident requests.
+      # Ports below 1024 require root to listen on, and you may not want this to
+      # run as root. Instead, you can get something like an Apache to yank up
+      # incoming requests to 113 to a high numbered port. Set the port to listen
+      # on instead of 113 here.
+      # Default: 113.
+      port: 1113
+      # The address to listen on for incoming ident requests.
+      # Default: 0.0.0.0
+      address: "::"
+
+    # Configuration for logging. Optional. Default: console debug level logging
+    # only.
+    logging:
+      # Level to log on console/logfile. One of error|warn|info|debug
+      level: "debug"
+      # The file location to log to. This is relative to the project directory.
+      logfile: "debug.log"
+      # The file location to log errors to. This is relative to the project
+      # directory.
+      errfile: "errors.log"
+      # Whether to log to the console or not.
+      toConsole: true
+      # The max number of files to keep. Files will be overwritten eventually due
+      # to rotations.
+      maxFiles: 5
+
+    # Optional. Enable Prometheus metrics. If this is enabled, you MUST install `prom-client`:
+    #   $ npm install prom-client@6.3.0
+    # Metrics will then be available via GET /metrics on the bridge listening port (-p).
+    metrics:
+      # Whether to actually enable the metric endpoint. Default: false
+      enabled: true
+      # When collecting remote user active times, which "buckets" should be used. Defaults are given below.
+      # The bucket name is formed of a duration and a period. (h=hours,d=days,w=weeks).
+      remoteUserAgeBuckets:
+        - "1h"
+        - "1d"
+        - "1w"
+
+    # Configuration for the provisioning API.
+    #
+    # GET /_matrix/provision/link
+    # GET /_matrix/provision/unlink
+    # GET /_matrix/provision/listlinks
+    #
+    provisioning:
+      # True to enable the provisioning HTTP endpoint. Default: false.
+      enabled: false
+      # The number of seconds to wait before giving up on getting a response from
+      # an IRC channel operator. If the channel operator does not respond within the
+      # allotted time period, the provisioning request will fail.
+      # Default: 300 seconds (5 mins)
+      requestTimeoutSeconds: 300
+
   # Options here are generally only applicable to large-scale bridges and may have
   # consequences greater than other options in this configuration file.
   advanced:
@@ -78,403 +482,22 @@ matrix_appservice_irc_configuration_extension_yaml: |
   #
   # If you need something more special, you can take full control by
   # completely redefining `matrix_appservice_irc_configuration_yaml`.
-  #
-  # Example configuration extension follows:
-  #
-  # ircService:
-  #   databaseUri: "nedb:///data" # does not typically need modification
-  #   passwordEncryptionKeyPath: "/data/passkey.pem" # does not typically need modification
-  #   matrixHandler:
-  #     eventCacheSize: 4096
-  #   servers:
-  #     # The address of the server to connect to.
-  #     irc.example.com:
-  #       # A human-readable short name. This is used to label IRC status rooms
-  #       # where matrix users control their connections.
-  #       # E.g. 'ExampleNet IRC Bridge status'.
-  #       # It is also used in the Third Party Lookup API as the instance `desc`
-  #       # property, where each server is an instance.
-  #       name: "ExampleNet"
-  #
-  #       additionalAddresses: [ "irc2.example.com" ]
-  #       #
-  #       # [DEPRECATED] Use `name`, above, instead.
-  #       # A human-readable description string
-  #       # description: "Example.com IRC network"
-  #
-  #       # An ID for uniquely identifying this server amongst other servers being bridged.
-  #       # networkId: "example"
-  #
-  #       # URL to an icon used as the network icon whenever this network appear in
-  #       # a network list. (Like in the riot room directory, for instance.)
-  #       # icon: https://example.com/images/hash.png
-  #
-  #       # The port to connect to. Optional.
-  #       port: 6697
-  #       # Whether to use SSL or not. Default: false.
-  #       ssl: true
-  #       # Whether or not IRC server is using a self-signed cert or not providing CA Chain
-  #       sslselfsign: false
-  #       # Should the connection attempt to identify via SASL (if a server or user password is given)
-  #       # If false, this will use PASS instead. If SASL fails, we do not fallback to PASS.
-  #       sasl: false
-  #       # Whether to allow expired certs when connecting to the IRC server.
-  #       # Usually this should be off. Default: false.
-  #       allowExpiredCerts: false
-  #       # A specific CA to trust instead of the default CAs. Optional.
-  #       #ca: |
-  #       #  -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
-  #       #  ...
-  #       #  -----END CERTIFICATE-----
-  #
-  #       #
-  #       # The connection password to send for all clients as a PASS (or SASL, if enabled above) command. Optional.
-  #       # password: 'pa$$w0rd'
-  #       #
-  #       # Whether or not to send connection/error notices to real Matrix users. Default: true.
-  #       sendConnectionMessages: true
-  #
-  #       quitDebounce:
-  #         # Whether parts due to net-splits are debounced for delayMs, to allow
-  #         # time for the netsplit to resolve itself. A netsplit is detected as being
-  #         # a QUIT rate higher than quitsPerSecond. Default: false.
-  #         enabled: false
-  #         # The maximum number of quits per second acceptable above which a netsplit is
-  #         # considered ongoing. Default: 5.
-  #         quitsPerSecond: 5
-  #         # The time window in which to wait before bridging a QUIT to Matrix that occurred during
-  #         # a netsplit. Debouncing is jittered randomly between delayMinMs and delayMaxMs so that the HS
-  #         # is not sent many requests to leave rooms all at once if a netsplit occurs and many
-  #         # people to not rejoin.
-  #         # If the user with the same IRC nick as the one who sent the quit rejoins a channel
-  #         # they are considered back online and the quit is not bridged, so long as the rejoin
-  #         # occurs before the randomly-jittered timeout is not reached.
-  #         # Default: 3600000, = 1h
-  #         delayMinMs: 3600000 # 1h
-  #         # Default: 7200000, = 2h
-  #         delayMaxMs: 7200000 # 2h
-  #
-  #       # A map for conversion of IRC user modes to Matrix power levels. This enables bridging
-  #       # of IRC ops to Matrix power levels only, it does not enable the reverse. If a user has
-  #       # been given multiple modes, the one that maps to the highest power level will be used.
-  #       modePowerMap:
-  #         o: 50
-  #
-  #       botConfig:
-  #         # Enable the presence of the bot in IRC channels. The bot serves as the entity
-  #         # which maps from IRC -> Matrix. You can disable the bot entirely which
-  #         # means IRC -> Matrix chat will be shared by active "M-Nick" connections
-  #         # in the room. If there are no users in the room (or if there are users
-  #         # but their connections are not on IRC) then nothing will be bridged to
-  #         # Matrix. If you're concerned about the bot being treated as a "logger"
-  #         # entity, then you may want to disable the bot. If you want IRC->Matrix
-  #         # but don't want to have TCP connections to IRC unless a Matrix user speaks
-  #         # (because your client connection limit is low), then you may want to keep
-  #         # the bot enabled. Default: true.
-  #         # NB: If the bot is disabled, you SHOULD have matrix-to-IRC syncing turned
-  #         #     on, else there will be no users and no bot in a channel (meaning no
-  #         #     messages to Matrix!) until a Matrix user speaks which makes a client
-  #         #     join the target IRC channel.
-  #         # NBB: The bridge bot IRC client will still join the target IRC network so
-  #         #      it can service bridge-specific queries from the IRC-side e.g. so
-  #         #      real IRC clients have a way to change their Matrix display name.
-  #         #      See https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-appservice-irc/issues/55
-  #         enabled: true
-  #         # The nickname to give the AS bot.
-  #         nick: "MatrixBot"
-  #         # The password to give to NickServ or IRC Server for this nick. Optional.
-  #         # password: "helloworld"
-  #         #
-  #         # Join channels even if there are no Matrix users on the other side of
-  #         # the bridge. Set to false to prevent the bot from joining channels which have no
-  #         # real matrix users in them, even if there is a mapping for the channel.
-  #         # Default: true
-  #         joinChannelsIfNoUsers: true
-  #
-  #       # Configuration for PMs / private 1:1 communications between users.
-  #       privateMessages:
-  #         # Enable the ability for PMs to be sent to/from IRC/Matrix.
-  #         # Default: true.
-  #         enabled: true
-  #         # Prevent Matrix users from sending PMs to the following IRC nicks.
-  #         # Optional. Default: [].
-  #         # exclude: ["Alice", "Bob"] # NOT YET IMPLEMENTED
-  #
-  #         # Should created Matrix PM rooms be federated? If false, only users on the
-  #         # HS attached to this AS will be able to interact with this room.
-  #         # Optional. Default: true.
-  #         federate: true
-  #
-  #       # Configuration for mappings not explicitly listed in the 'mappings'
-  #       # section.
-  #       dynamicChannels:
-  #         # Enable the ability for Matrix users to join *any* channel on this IRC
-  #         # network.
-  #         # Default: false.
-  #         enabled: true
-  #         # Should the AS create a room alias for the new Matrix room? The form of
-  #         # the alias can be modified via 'aliasTemplate'. Default: true.
-  #         createAlias: true
-  #         # Should the AS publish the new Matrix room to the public room list so
-  #         # anyone can see it? Default: true.
-  #         published: true
-  #         # What should the join_rule be for the new Matrix room? If 'public',
-  #         # anyone can join the room. If 'invite', only users with an invite can
-  #         # join the room. Note that if an IRC channel has +k or +i set on it,
-  #         # join_rules will be set to 'invite' until these modes are removed.
-  #         # Default: "public".
-  #         joinRule: public
-  #         # This will set the m.room.related_groups state event in newly created rooms
-  #         # with the given groupId. This means flares will show up on IRC users in those rooms.
-  #         # This should be set to the same thing as namespaces.users.group_id in irc_registration.
-  #         # This does not alter existing rooms.
-  #         # Leaving this option empty will not set the event.
-  #         groupId: +myircnetwork:localhost
-  #         # Should created Matrix rooms be federated? If false, only users on the
-  #         # HS attached to this AS will be able to interact with this room.
-  #         # Default: true.
-  #         federate: true
-  #         # The room alias template to apply when creating new aliases. This only
-  #         # applies if createAlias is 'true'. The following variables are exposed:
-  #         # $SERVER => The IRC server address (e.g. "irc.example.com")
-  #         # $CHANNEL => The IRC channel (e.g. "#python")
-  #         # This MUST have $CHANNEL somewhere in it.
-  #         # Default: '#irc_$SERVER_$CHANNEL'
-  #         aliasTemplate: "#irc_$CHANNEL"
-  #         # A list of user IDs which the AS bot will send invites to in response
-  #         # to a !join. Only applies if joinRule is 'invite'. Default: []
-  #         # whitelist:
-  #         #   - "@foo:example.com"
-  #         #   - "@bar:example.com"
-  #         #
-  #         # Prevent the given list of channels from being mapped under any
-  #         # circumstances.
-  #         # exclude: ["#foo", "#bar"]
-  #
-  #       # Configuration for controlling how Matrix and IRC membership lists are
-  #       # synced.
-  #       membershipLists:
-  #         # Enable the syncing of membership lists between IRC and Matrix. This
-  #         # can have a significant effect on performance on startup as the lists are
-  #         # synced. This must be enabled for anything else in this section to take
-  #         # effect. Default: false.
-  #         enabled: false
-  #
-  #         # Syncing membership lists at startup can result in hundreds of members to
-  #         # process all at once. This timer drip feeds membership entries at the
-  #         # specified rate. Default: 10000. (10s)
-  #         floodDelayMs: 10000
-  #
-  #         global:
-  #           ircToMatrix:
-  #             # Get a snapshot of all real IRC users on a channel (via NAMES) and
-  #             # join their virtual matrix clients to the room.
-  #             initial: false
-  #             # Make virtual matrix clients join and leave rooms as their real IRC
-  #             # counterparts join/part channels. Default: false.
-  #             incremental: false
-  #
-  #           matrixToIrc:
-  #             # Get a snapshot of all real Matrix users in the room and join all of
-  #             # them to the mapped IRC channel on startup. Default: false.
-  #             initial: false
-  #             # Make virtual IRC clients join and leave channels as their real Matrix
-  #             # counterparts join/leave rooms. Make sure your 'maxClients' value is
-  #             # high enough! Default: false.
-  #             incremental: false
-  #
-  #         # Apply specific rules to Matrix rooms. Only matrix-to-IRC takes effect.
-  #         rooms:
-  #           - room: "!fuasirouddJoxtwfge:localhost"
-  #             matrixToIrc:
-  #               initial: false
-  #               incremental: false
-  #
-  #         # Apply specific rules to IRC channels. Only IRC-to-matrix takes effect.
-  #         channels:
-  #           - channel: "#foo"
-  #             ircToMatrix:
-  #               initial: false
-  #               incremental: false
-  #
-  #       mappings:
-  #         # 1:many mappings from IRC channels to room IDs on this IRC server.
-  #         # The matrix room must already exist. Your matrix client should expose
-  #         # the room ID in a "settings" page for the room.
-  #         "#thepub": ["!kieouiJuedJoxtVdaG:localhost"]
-  #
-  #       # Configuration for virtual matrix users. The following variables are
-  #       # exposed:
-  #       # $NICK => The IRC nick
-  #       # $SERVER => The IRC server address (e.g. "irc.example.com")
-  #       matrixClients:
-  #         # The user ID template to use when creating virtual matrix users. This
-  #         # MUST have $NICK somewhere in it.
-  #         # Optional. Default: "@$SERVER_$NICK".
-  #         # Example: "@irc.example.com_Alice:example.com"
-  #         userTemplate: "@irc_$NICK"
-  #         # The display name to use for created matrix clients. This should have
-  #         # $NICK somewhere in it if it is specified. Can also use $SERVER to
-  #         # insert the IRC domain.
-  #         # Optional. Default: "$NICK (IRC)". Example: "Alice (IRC)"
-  #         displayName: "$NICK (IRC)"
-  #         # Number of tries a client can attempt to join a room before the request
-  #         # is discarded. You can also use -1 to never retry or 0 to never give up.
-  #         # Optional. Default: -1
-  #         joinAttempts: -1
-  #
-  #       # Configuration for virtual IRC users. The following variables are exposed:
-  #       # $LOCALPART => The user ID localpart ("alice" in @alice:localhost)
-  #       # $USERID => The user ID
-  #       # $DISPLAY => The display name of this user, with excluded characters
-  #       #             (e.g. space) removed. If the user has no display name, this
-  #       #             falls back to $LOCALPART.
-  #       ircClients:
-  #         # The template to apply to every IRC client nick. This MUST have either
-  #         # $DISPLAY or $USERID or $LOCALPART somewhere in it.
-  #         # Optional. Default: "M-$DISPLAY". Example: "M-Alice".
-  #         nickTemplate: "$DISPLAY[m]"
-  #         # True to allow virtual IRC clients to change their nick on this server
-  #         # by issuing !nick <server> <nick> commands to the IRC AS bot.
-  #         # This is completely freeform: it will NOT follow the nickTemplate.
-  #         allowNickChanges: true
-  #         # The max number of IRC clients that will connect. If the limit is
-  #         # reached, the client that spoke the longest time ago will be
-  #         # disconnected and replaced.
-  #         # Optional. Default: 30.
-  #         maxClients: 30
-  #         # IPv6 configuration.
-  #         ipv6:
-  #           # Optional. Set to true to force IPv6 for outgoing connections.
-  #           only: false
-  #           # Optional. The IPv6 prefix to use for generating unique addresses for each
-  #           # connected user. If not specified, all users will connect from the same
-  #           # (default) address. This may require additional OS-specific work to allow
-  #           # for the node process to bind to multiple different source addresses
-  #           # e.g IP_FREEBIND on Linux, which requires an LD_PRELOAD with the library
-  #           # https://github.com/matrix-org/freebindfree as Node does not expose setsockopt.
-  #           # prefix: "2001:0db8:85a3::"  # modify appropriately
-  #         #
-  #         # The maximum amount of time in seconds that the client can exist
-  #         # without sending another message before being disconnected. Use 0 to
-  #         # not apply an idle timeout. This value is ignored if this IRC server is
-  #         # mirroring matrix membership lists to IRC. Default: 172800 (48 hours)
-  #         idleTimeout: 10800
-  #         # The number of millseconds to wait between consecutive reconnections if a
-  #         # client gets disconnected. Setting to 0 will cause the scheduling to be
-  #         # disabled, i.e. it will be scheduled immediately (with jitter.
-  #         # Otherwise, the scheduling interval will be used such that one client
-  #         # reconnect for this server will be handled every reconnectIntervalMs ms using
-  #         # a FIFO queue.
-  #         # Default: 5000 (5 seconds)
-  #         reconnectIntervalMs: 5000
-  #         # The number of concurrent reconnects if a user has been disconnected unexpectedly
-  #         # (e.g. a netsplit). You should set this to a reasonably high number so that
-  #         # bridges are not waiting an eternity to reconnect all its clients if
-  #         # we see a massive number of disconnect. This is unrelated to the reconnectIntervalMs
-  #         # setting above which is for connecting on restart of the bridge. Set to 0 to
-  #         # immediately try to reconnect all users.
-  #         # Default: 50
-  #         concurrentReconnectLimit: 50
-  #         # The number of lines to allow being sent by the IRC client that has received
-  #         # a large block of text to send from matrix. If the number of lines that would
-  #         # be sent is > lineLimit, the text will instead be uploaded to matrix and the
-  #         # resulting URI is treated as a file. As such, a link will be sent to the IRC
-  #         # side instead of potentially spamming IRC and getting the IRC client kicked.
-  #         # Default: 3.
-  #         lineLimit: 3
-  #         # A list of user modes to set on every IRC client. For example, "RiG" would set
-  #         # +R, +i and +G on every IRC connection when they have successfully connected.
-  #         # User modes vary wildly depending on the IRC network you're connecting to,
-  #         # so check before setting this value. Some modes may not work as intended
-  #         # through the bridge e.g. caller ID as there is no way to /ACCEPT.
-  #         # Default: "" (no user modes)
-  #         # userModes: "R"
-  #
-  #   # Configuration for an ident server. If you are running a public bridge it is
-  #   # advised you setup an ident server so IRC mods can ban specific matrix users
-  #   # rather than the application service itself.
-  #   ident:
-  #     # True to listen for Ident requests and respond with the
-  #     # matrix user's user_id (converted to ASCII, respecting RFC 1413).
-  #     # Default: false.
-  #     enabled: false
-  #     # The port to listen on for incoming ident requests.
-  #     # Ports below 1024 require root to listen on, and you may not want this to
-  #     # run as root. Instead, you can get something like an Apache to yank up
-  #     # incoming requests to 113 to a high numbered port. Set the port to listen
-  #     # on instead of 113 here.
-  #     # Default: 113.
-  #     port: 1113
-  #     # The address to listen on for incoming ident requests.
-  #     # Default: 0.0.0.0
-  #     address: "::"
-  #
-  #   # Configuration for logging. Optional. Default: console debug level logging
-  #   # only.
-  #   logging:
-  #     # Level to log on console/logfile. One of error|warn|info|debug
-  #     level: "debug"
-  #     # The file location to log to. This is relative to the project directory.
-  #     logfile: "debug.log"
-  #     # The file location to log errors to. This is relative to the project
-  #     # directory.
-  #     errfile: "errors.log"
-  #     # Whether to log to the console or not.
-  #     toConsole: true
-  #     # The max number of files to keep. Files will be overwritten eventually due
-  #     # to rotations.
-  #     maxFiles: 5
-  #
-  #   # Optional. Enable Prometheus metrics. If this is enabled, you MUST install `prom-client`:
-  #   #   $ npm install prom-client@6.3.0
-  #   # Metrics will then be available via GET /metrics on the bridge listening port (-p).
-  #   metrics:
-  #     # Whether to actually enable the metric endpoint. Default: false
-  #     enabled: true
-  #     # When collecting remote user active times, which "buckets" should be used. Defaults are given below.
-  #     # The bucket name is formed of a duration and a period. (h=hours,d=days,w=weeks).
-  #     remoteUserAgeBuckets:
-  #       - "1h"
-  #       - "1d"
-  #       - "1w"
-  #
-  #   # Configuration options for the debug HTTP API. To access this API, you must
-  #   # append ?access_token=$APPSERVICE_TOKEN (from the registration file) to the requests.
-  #   #
-  #   # The debug API exposes the following endpoints:
-  #   #
-  #   #   GET /irc/$domain/user/$user_id => Return internal state for the IRC client for this user ID.
-  #   #
-  #   #   POST /irc/$domain/user/$user_id => Issue a raw IRC command down this connection.
-  #   #                                      Format: new line delimited commands as per IRC protocol.
-  #   #
-  #   debugApi:
-  #     # True to enable the HTTP API endpoint. Default: false.
-  #     enabled: false
-  #     # The port to host the HTTP API.
-  #     port: 11100
-  #
-  #   # Configuration for the provisioning API.
-  #   #
-  #   # GET /_matrix/provision/link
-  #   # GET /_matrix/provision/unlink
-  #   # GET /_matrix/provision/listlinks
-  #   #
-  #   provisioning:
-  #     # True to enable the provisioning HTTP endpoint. Default: false.
-  #     enabled: false
-  #     # The number of seconds to wait before giving up on getting a response from
-  #     # an IRC channel operator. If the channel operator does not respond within the
-  #     # allotted time period, the provisioning request will fail.
-  #     # Default: 300 seconds (5 mins)
-  #     requestTimeoutSeconds: 300
-  #
-  #   # WARNING: The bridge needs to send plaintext passwords to the IRC server, it cannot
-  #   # send a password hash. As a result, passwords (NOT hashes) are stored encrypted in
-  #   # the database.
-  #   #
 
 matrix_appservice_irc_configuration_extension: "{{ matrix_appservice_irc_configuration_extension_yaml|from_yaml if matrix_appservice_irc_configuration_extension_yaml|from_yaml is mapping else {} }}"
 
 matrix_appservice_irc_configuration: "{{ matrix_appservice_irc_configuration_yaml|from_yaml|combine(matrix_appservice_irc_configuration_extension, recursive=True) }}"
+
+# The original registration.yaml file generated by AppService IRC is merged with this config override,
+# to produce the final registration.yaml file ultimately used by both the bridge and the homeserver.
+#
+# We do this to ensure consistency:
+# - always having an up-to-date registration.yaml file (synced with the configuration file)
+# - always having the same AS/HS token and appservice id in the registration.yaml file
+#
+# Learn more about this in `setup_install.yml`
+matrix_appservice_irc_registration_override_yaml: |
+  id: appservice-irc
+  as_token: "{{ matrix_appservice_irc_appservice_token }}"
+  hs_token: "{{ matrix_appservice_irc_homeserver_token }}"
+
+matrix_appservice_irc_registration_override: "{{ matrix_appservice_irc_registration_override_yaml|from_yaml }}"

roles/matrix-bridge-appservice-irc/tasks/init.yml

@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+# If the matrix-synapse role is not used, `matrix_synapse_role_executed` won't exist.
+# We don't want to fail in such cases.
+- name: Fail if matrix-synapse role already executed
+  fail:
+    msg: >-
+      The matrix-bridge-appservice-irc role needs to execute before the matrix-synapse role.
+  when: "matrix_appservice_irc_enabled|bool and matrix_synapse_role_executed|default(False)"
+
 - set_fact:
     matrix_systemd_services_list: "{{ matrix_systemd_services_list + ['matrix-appservice-irc'] }}"
   when: matrix_appservice_irc_enabled|bool
@@ -7,7 +15,7 @@
     matrix_synapse_container_extra_arguments: >
       {{ matrix_synapse_container_extra_arguments|default([]) }}
       +
-      {{ ["--mount type=bind,src={{ matrix_appservice_irc_base_path }}/registration.yaml,dst=/matrix-appservice-irc-registration.yaml,ro"] }}
+      {{ ["--mount type=bind,src={{ matrix_appservice_irc_config_path }}/registration.yaml,dst=/matrix-appservice-irc-registration.yaml,ro"] }}
 
     matrix_synapse_app_service_config_files: >
       {{ matrix_synapse_app_service_config_files|default([]) }}

roles/matrix-bridge-appservice-irc/tasks/setup_install.yml

@@ -1,13 +1,5 @@
 ---
 
-# If the matrix-synapse role is not used, `matrix_synapse_role_executed` won't exist.
-# We don't want to fail in such cases.
-- name: Fail if matrix-synapse role already executed
-  fail:
-    msg: >-
-      The matrix-bridge-appservice-irc role needs to execute before the matrix-synapse role.
-  when: "matrix_synapse_role_executed|default(False)"
-
 - name: Ensure Appservice IRC image is pulled
   docker_image:
     name: "{{ matrix_appservice_irc_docker_image }}"
@@ -15,31 +7,122 @@
     force_source: "{{ matrix_appservice_irc_docker_image_force_pull if ansible_version.major > 2 or ansible_version.minor >= 8 else omit }}"
     force: "{{ omit if ansible_version.major > 2 or ansible_version.minor >= 8 else matrix_appservice_irc_docker_image_force_pull }}"
 
-- name: Ensure Appservice IRC base directory exists
+- name: Ensure Appservice IRC paths exist
   file:
-    path: "{{ matrix_appservice_irc_base_path }}"
+    path: "{{ item }}"
     state: directory
     mode: 0750
     owner: "{{ matrix_user_username }}"
     group: "{{ matrix_user_username }}"
+  with_items:
+    - "{{ matrix_appservice_irc_base_path }}"
+    - "{{ matrix_appservice_irc_config_path }}"
+    - "{{ matrix_appservice_irc_data_path }}"
+
+- name: Check if an old passkey file already exists
+  stat:
+    path: "{{ matrix_appservice_irc_base_path }}/passkey.pem"
+  register: matrix_appservice_irc_stat_passkey
+
+- name: (Data relocation) Ensure matrix-appservice-irc.service is stopped
+  service:
+    name: matrix-appservice-irc
+    state: stopped
+    daemon_reload: yes
+  failed_when: false
+  when: "matrix_appservice_irc_stat_passkey.stat.exists"
+
+- name: (Data relocation) Move AppService IRC passkey.pem file to ./data directory
+  command: "mv {{ matrix_appservice_irc_base_path }}/passkey.pem {{ matrix_appservice_irc_data_path }}/passkey.pem"
+  when: "matrix_appservice_irc_stat_passkey.stat.exists"
+
+- name: (Data relocation) Move AppService database files to ./data directory
+  command: "mv {{ matrix_appservice_irc_base_path }}/{{ item }} {{ matrix_appservice_irc_data_path }}/{{ item }}"
+  with_items:
+    - rooms.db
+    - users.db
+  failed_when: false
+  when: "matrix_appservice_irc_stat_passkey.stat.exists"
 
 - name: Ensure Matrix Appservice IRC config installed
   copy:
     content: "{{ matrix_appservice_irc_configuration|to_nice_yaml }}"
-    dest: "{{ matrix_appservice_irc_base_path }}/config.yaml"
+    dest: "{{ matrix_appservice_irc_config_path }}/config.yaml"
     mode: 0644
     owner: "{{ matrix_user_username }}"
     group: "{{ matrix_user_username }}"
 
-- name: Check if matrix-appservice-irc passkey exists
+- name: Check if Appservice IRC passkey exists
   stat:
-    path: "{{ matrix_appservice_irc_base_path }}/passkey.pem"
+    path: "{{ matrix_appservice_irc_data_path }}/passkey.pem"
   register: irc_passkey_file
 
-- name: Generate matrix-appservice-irc passkey if it doesn't exist
-  shell: /usr/bin/openssl genpkey -out {{ matrix_appservice_irc_base_path }}/passkey.pem -outform PEM -algorithm RSA -pkeyopt rsa_keygen_bits:2048
+- name: Generate Appservice IRC passkey if it doesn't exist
+  shell: /usr/bin/openssl genpkey -out {{ matrix_appservice_irc_data_path }}/passkey.pem -outform PEM -algorithm RSA -pkeyopt rsa_keygen_bits:2048
   when: "not irc_passkey_file.stat.exists"
 
+# Ideally, we'd like to generate the final registration.yaml file by ourselves.
+#
+# However, the IRC bridge supports multiple servers, which leads to multiple
+# users/aliases/rooms rules in the registration file.
+#
+# Generating a proper file by ourselves is complicated and may lead to deviation
+# from what the bridge is doing.
+#
+# Instead, we do another hacky thing - asking the bridge to generate a template,
+# and then we parse it and fix it up with our own AS/HS token.
+# We need to do this, because:
+# - we'd like to have an up-to-date registration file
+# - we can achieve this by asking the bridge to rebuild it each time
+# - however, the bridge insists on regenerating all tokens each time
+# - .. which is not friendly for integrating with the homeserver
+#
+# So we have a hybrid approach. We ask the bridge to always generate
+# an up-to-date file, and we fix it up with some static values later on,
+# to produce a final registration.yaml file, as we desire.
+- name: Generate Appservice IRC registration-template.yaml
+  shell: >-
+    /usr/bin/docker run --rm --name matrix-appservice-irc-gen
+    --user={{ matrix_user_uid }}:{{ matrix_user_gid }}
+    --cap-drop=ALL
+    -v {{ matrix_appservice_irc_config_path }}:/config:z
+    -v {{ matrix_appservice_irc_data_path }}:/data:z
+    {{ matrix_appservice_irc_docker_image }}
+    node app.js
+    -r
+    -f /config/registration-template.yaml
+    -u "http://matrix-appservice-irc:9999"
+    -c /config/config.yaml
+    -l irc_bot
+  changed_when: false
+
+- name: Read Appservice IRC registration-template.yaml
+  slurp:
+    src: "{{ matrix_appservice_irc_config_path }}/registration-template.yaml"
+  register: matrix_appservice_irc_registration_template_slurp
+
+- name: Remove unnecessary Appservice IRC registration-template.yaml
+  file:
+    path: "{{ matrix_appservice_irc_config_path }}/registration-template.yaml"
+    state: absent
+  changed_when: false
+
+- name: Parse registration-template.yaml
+  set_fact:
+    matrix_appservice_irc_registration_template: "{{ matrix_appservice_irc_registration_template_slurp['content'] | b64decode | from_yaml }}"
+
+- name: Combine registration-template.yaml and own registration override config
+  set_fact:
+    matrix_appservice_irc_registration: "{{ matrix_appservice_irc_registration_template|combine(matrix_appservice_irc_registration_override, recursive=True) }}"
+
+- name: Ensure Appservice IRC registration.yaml installed
+  copy:
+    content: "{{ matrix_appservice_irc_registration|to_nice_yaml }}"
+    dest: "{{ matrix_appservice_irc_config_path }}/registration.yaml"
+    mode: 0644
+    owner: "{{ matrix_user_username }}"
+    group: "{{ matrix_user_username }}"
+
 - name: Ensure matrix-appservice-irc.service installed
   template:
     src: "{{ role_path }}/templates/systemd/matrix-appservice-irc.service.j2"
@@ -51,31 +134,3 @@
   service:
     daemon_reload: yes
   when: "matrix_appservice_irc_systemd_service_result.changed"
-
-- name: Check if a matrix-appservice-irc registration file exists
-  stat:
-    path: "{{ matrix_appservice_irc_base_path }}/registration.yaml"
-  register: appservice_irc_registration_file
-
-- name: Generate matrix-appservice-irc registration.yaml if it doesn't exist
-  shell: >-
-    /usr/bin/docker run --rm --name matrix-appservice-irc-gen
-    --user={{ matrix_user_uid }}:{{ matrix_user_gid }} \
-    --cap-drop=ALL \
-    -v {{ matrix_appservice_irc_base_path }}:/data:z
-    {{ matrix_appservice_irc_docker_image }}
-    node app.js
-    -r
-    -f /data/registration.yaml
-    -u "http://matrix-appservice-irc:9999"
-    -c /data/config.yaml
-    -l irc_bot
-  when: "not appservice_irc_registration_file.stat.exists"
-
-- name: Ensure IRC configuration directory permissions are correct
-  file:
-    path: "{{ matrix_appservice_irc_base_path }}"
-    state: directory
-    owner: "{{ matrix_user_username }}"
-    group: "{{ matrix_user_username }}"
-    recurse: true

roles/matrix-bridge-appservice-irc/tasks/validate_config.yml

@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 ---
 
+- name: Fail if required settings not defined
+  fail:
+    msg: >-
+      You need to define a required configuration setting (`{{ item }}`).
+  when: "vars[item] == ''"
+  with_items:
+    - "matrix_appservice_irc_appservice_token"
+    - "matrix_appservice_irc_homeserver_token"
+
 # Our base configuration (`matrix_appservice_irc_configuration_yaml`) is not enough to
 # let the playbook run without errors.
 #
@@ -10,9 +19,11 @@
 - name: Fail if no additional configuration provided
   fail:
     msg: >-
-      Your Appservice IRC configuration is incomplete (lacking an `ircService` key).
-      You need to define additional configuration in `matrix_appservice_irc_configuration_extension_yaml` or to override `matrix_appservice_irc_configuration`.
-  when: "matrix_appservice_irc_configuration.ircService|default(none) is none"
+      Your Appservice IRC configuration is incomplete (lacking an `ircService.servers` configuration).
+      You need to define one or more servers by either using `matrix_appservice_irc_ircService_servers`
+      or by extending the base configuration with additional configuration in `matrix_appservice_irc_configuration_extension_yaml`.
+      Overriding the whole bridge's configuration (`matrix_appservice_irc_configuration`) is yet another possibility.
+  when: "matrix_appservice_irc_configuration.ircService.servers|length == 0"
 
 - name: (Deprecation) Catch and report renamed appservice-irc variables
   fail:

roles/matrix-bridge-appservice-irc/templates/systemd/matrix-appservice-irc.service.j2

@@ -25,12 +25,13 @@ ExecStart=/usr/bin/docker run --rm --name matrix-appservice-irc \
 			{% if matrix_appservice_irc_container_http_host_bind_port %}
 			-p {{ matrix_appservice_irc_container_http_host_bind_port }}:9999 \
 			{% endif %}
-			-v {{ matrix_appservice_irc_base_path }}:/data:z \
+			-v {{ matrix_appservice_irc_config_path }}:/config:z \
+			-v {{ matrix_appservice_irc_data_path }}:/data:z \
 			{% for arg in matrix_appservice_irc_container_extra_arguments %}
 			{{ arg }} \
 			{% endfor %}
 			{{ matrix_appservice_irc_docker_image }} \
-			-c /data/config.yaml -f /data/registration.yaml -p 9999
+			-c /config/config.yaml -f /config/registration.yaml -p 9999
 
 ExecStop=-/usr/bin/docker kill matrix-appservice-irc
 ExecStop=-/usr/bin/docker rm matrix-appservice-irc